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1953 - Southern 500 Race Results


Race Name - Southern 500
Date - 9/7/1953
Race Track - Darlington Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.375 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 501 miles
Pole Speed - 107.983 mph
Number of Cautions - 4
Caution Laps - 17
Average Race Speed - 92.881 mph
Lead Changes - 35
Total Race Purse - $24,430
Race Number - 30
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 7 Buck Baker 87 Griffin Motors (Bob Griffin) 364 53 Oldsmob 151 $6,285
2 1 Fonty Flock 14 Red Vogt Special (Frank Christian) 361 53 Hudson 48 $3,040
3 10 Curtis Turner 44 Griffin Motors (Frank Christian) 359 53 Oldsmob 0 $1,500
4 13 Dick Meyer 49 Dick Meyer 355 53 Dodge 0 $1,000
5 4 Herb Thomas 92 FABULOUS (Herb Thomas) 354 53 Hudson 124 $1,550
6 16 Jim Paschal 80 George Hutchens 354 53 Dodge 0 $800
7 19 Speedy Thompson 46 Bob Pronger 351 53 Oldsmob 0 $750
8 5 Donald Thomas 29 Herb Thomas 350 53 Hudson 0 $700
9 22 Dick Passwater 0 Dick Passwater 350 53 Oldsmob 0 $630
10 9 Tim Flock 91 Ted Chester 349 53 Hudson 0 $520
11 44 Lee Petty 42 Petty Enterprises 344 53 Dodge 0 $450
12 24 Elton Hildreth 67 Hildreth Motors (Elton Hildreth) 343 53 Nash 0 $400
13 21 Jimmie Lewallen 6 Pete Mann 340 53 Oldsmob 0 $350
14 8 Buddy Shuman 89 BA Pless 338 53 Hudson 0 $345
15 32 Neil Roberts 21 Neil Roberts 335 53 Chrysle 0 $300
16 25 George Osborne 22 George Osborne 331 53 Hudson 0 $275
17 29 Lloyd Hulette 7 Lloyd Hulette 328 53 Buick 0 $250
18 30 Gene Comstock 8 Gene Comstock 324 53 Hudson 0 $225
19 33 Fred Dove 71 Fred Dove 324 51 Ford 0 $200
20 50 Bobby Myers 18 321 53 Oldsmob 0 $190
21 55 Bub King 55 Bub King 309 53 Packard 0 $175
22 34 Tyre Rakestraw 60 Billys Body Shop (Tyre Rakestraw) 308 53 Chevrol 0 $160
23 47 Gober Sosebee 51 Cherokee Garage (Gober Sosebee) 301 52 Oldsmob 0 $150
24 39 Bob Weatherly 50 Bob Weatherly 289 52 Plymout 0 $140
25 37 Lacy Jackson 97 Lacy Jackson 288 52 Hudson 0 $130
26 48 Johnny Bridgers 30 Johnny Bridgers 279 51 Ford 0 $120
27 40 Chet Williams 10 Chet Williams 277 51 Ford 0 $110
28 15 Marvin Panch 6 Marvin Panch 275 53 Dodge 0 $110
29 50 Elmer Cooper 0 271 53 Nash 0 $110
30 22 Arden Mounts 8 Gene Comstock 262 53 Hudson 0 $110
31 12 Jim Reed 9 260 53 Hudson 0 $110
32 38 Matt Gowan 99 Gowans Auto Parts (Matt Gowan) 250 53 Plymout 0 $110
33 45 Bill Blair 2 Bill Blair 250 53 Oldsmob 0 $110
34 20 Mike Magill 23 Michael Jarema 244 53 Lincoln 0 $110
35 54 Bill Norton 25 241 52 Oldsmob 0 $110
36 14 Otis Martin 47 Otis Martin 238 53 Plymout 0 $110
37 28 Bill Widenhouse 73 234 53 Nash 0 $110
38 26 Junior Johnson 75 Junior Johnson 222 53 Oldsmob 0 $110
39 44 Weldon Adams 16 Adams Racing (Weldon Adams) 217 51 Ford 0 $110
40 35 JL Justice 74 JL Justice 217 52 Ford 0 $110
41 56 Bob Hunter 0 210 53 Oldsmob 0 $105
42 3 Dick Rathman 120 ITS A HUDSON (Walt Chapman) 208 53 Hudson 0 $155
43 42 Slick Smith 4 Griffin Motors (Bob Griffin) 200 53 Oldsmob 0 $105
44 31 Dick Allwine 77 Dick Curry 198 53 Chevrol 0 $105
45 6 Fireball Roberts 11 Leland Colvin 198 53 Oldsmob 41 $340
46 19 Emory Lewis 13 Ernest Woods 195 53 Oldsmob 0 $105
47 53 Clyde Minter 19 Clyde Minter 190 53 Mercury 0 $105
48 49 Ben Dixon 45 187 52 Hudson 0 $105
49 57 Lonnie Bragg 0 149 52 Oldsmob 0 $105
50 36 Laird Bruner 88 Laird Bruner 142 53 Oldsmob 0 $105
51 58 Joe Guide 0 Sally Guide 111 52 Hudson 0 $100
52 18 Johnny Patterson 58 HB Ranier 98 53 Hudson 0 $120
53 51 Slim Rominger 48 Slim Rominger 69 49 Lincoln 0 $100
54 11 Ralph Liguori 45 Al Wheatley 68 53 Lincoln 0 $100
55 27 Gayle Warren 84 Gayle Warren 57 53 Studeba 0 $100
56 2 Joe Eubanks 82 Oates Motor Co (Phil Oates) 40 52 Hudson 0 $100
57 43 Pop McGinnis 33 Irving Frye 31 52 Hudson 0 $100
58 46 Merritt Brown 0 20 53 Studeba 0 $100
59 52 Ned Jarrett 79 Ned Jarrett 8 50 Oldsmob 0 $100